1884 Lafayette football team

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The 1884 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1884 college football season. Playing without a regular coach, the team compiled a 2–5 record and was outscored by a total of 261 to 88.[1][2] Lewis Frey was the team captain,[3] and F. Drake was the manager.[1] The team played its home games on The Quad in Easton, Pennsylvania.

ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5
Headcoach
  • None
CaptainLewis Frey
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1884 Lafayette football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5
Head coach
  • None
CaptainLewis Frey
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1884 college football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton â€“ 9–0–1
Yale â€“ 8–0–1
Michigan â€“ 2–0–0
Williams â€“ 2–0–0
Navy â€“ 1–0–0
Wabash â€“ 1–0–0
Penn â€“ 5–1–1
Fordham â€“ 5–1–0
Harvard â€“ 7–4–0
Wesleyan â€“ 3–2–0
Butler â€“ 1–1–0
Columbia â€“ 1–1–0
Rutgers â€“ 3–4–0
Stevens â€“ 4–5–0
Dartmouth â€“ 1–2–1
Tufts â€“ 2–4–1
Massachusetts â€“ 1–2–0
Lafayette â€“ 2–5–0
Johns Hopkins â€“ 1–3–0
Albion â€“ 0–1–0
CCNY â€“ 0–1–0
Denver â€“ 0–1–0
DePauw â€“ 0–1–0
Olivet â€“ 0–2–0
Amherst â€“ 0–3–0
Lehigh â€“ 0–4–0
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On October 29, 1884, Lafayette lost to Princeton by a 140–0 score. Princeton's 140 points was the highest score achieved by a team in the history of the sport to that time.[4]

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 25LehighEaston, PA (rivalry)W 56–0
October 2912:30 p.m.at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 0–140[4]
November 1PennEaston, PAL 0–21[5]
November 8at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJL 0–26[6]
November 12at LehighBethlehem, PAW 34–4
November 15StevensEaston, PAL 4–17
November 27at StevensL 0–522,000[7]
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